Of course, now as a woman you can do so much, without being necessarily a rinpoche.

When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.

We don't want to go to heaven. We want to be reborn so that we can keep going and realize the dharma so we can benefit other beings, endlessly. It's a very different thing.

The more you realize, the more you realize how much there is to realize and, at the same time, how much you realize that there is nothing to realize. So, it's an enormous job, not something that is going to be finished in this lifetime.

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.

All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem is only when we believe in those roles.

Our relative being is what rules our relative world.